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Published 19 September 2018 Photo: Marc Lozano/CC BY-SA 2.0 (the photo is cropped). By adopting methods used by activist citizen movements, municipal level politics can become more inclusive and even pave the way for sustainable…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/citizen-activist-movements-can-invigorate-local-politics- 2020-11-17

Published 19 September 2018 LUCSUS' researchers Lennart Olsson, Anne Jerneck, and Mine Islar will lead a work package in the new research project, Migration Governance and Crises, MAGYC. The project will explore how European policies are…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-part-new-international-research-project-migration- 2020-11-17

Published 25 September 2018 A locked toilet station in the Gazdar Bandh informal settlement in Mumbai. – Sanitation is a major challenge in India. It is partly to do with the high population density, there are more people sharing the same…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/sanitation-more-toilets-informal-settlements-india-need-community-based-ownership-and-state-action- 2020-11-17

Published 2 October 2018 LUCSUS Director Emily Boyd has received a grant from Formas to organise an international conference on loss and damage in spring/summer 2019. The planned 2,5 conference will be hosted at LUCSUS and bring together…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/conference-loss-and-damage-receives-formas-grant- 2020-11-17

Published 16 October 2018 Climate networks aim to strengthen municipalities’ efforts to combat climate change. But membership benefits need to be much clearer communicated in order to utilise the networks’ full potential; and should…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/how-municipal-climate-networks-can-improve-their-impact-new-research-article- 2020-11-17

By Noomi [dot] egan [at] sfi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 23 October 2018 In order to avoid water conflicts and to stimulate food production in sub-Saharan Africa, large-scale land acquisition must be regulated and focus on…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/large-scale-land-acquisition-affects-farmers-ability-produce-their-own-food-africa- 2020-11-17

Published 8 November 2018 Monastery Het Pand in Belgium, one of the locations for the Summer Institute in Economic Geography. Chad Boda recently attended the highly competitive 9th Summer School in Economic Geography. This is a brief…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/chad-boda-9th-summer-institute-economic-geography-reflections-self-critical-disciplinary-development- 2020-11-17

Published 12 November 2018 LUCSUS researcher Emma Johansson is currently in Cambodia to study linkages between land, water and food. The field trip marks the start of a new post doctoral research project aiming to investigate changes in…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-challenges-surrounding-land-are-facing-population-emma-johansson-sets-out-field-trip-cambodia- 2020-11-17

Published 14 November 2018 Gazdar Bandh, an informal settlement in Mumbai, India. In this interview, Ebba Brink reflects on the specific set of sustainability challenges facing informal settlements in India, and how they can be addressed…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/urban-dynamics-such-shortage-affordable-land-and-housing-force-urban-poor-settle-hazardous-marginal- 2020-11-17

LUCSUS’ expert list for media includes contact details for researchers with expertise in various areas of sustainability. The researchers can conduct interviews in both Swedish and English.Emily Boyd, Professor Expert in: climate change…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/contact/expert-list-media- 2023-12-19

Published 19 November 2018 In their recently published paper, Wim Carton and Lennart Olsson argue that perennial polycultures informed by natural ecosystems promise more sustainable agroecosystems – that has the potential to revitalize the…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-research-article-perennial-agriculture- 2020-11-17

Published 3 December 2018 Iceland features many spectacular waterfalls and river canyons, which have been subject to renewable energy development for decades. (Photo: Henner Busch) In times of runaway climate change, phasing out fossil…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/hidden-price-icelands-green-energy- 2023-08-15

Published 5 December 2018 The disproportionate impacts of climate change on vulnerable groups, art for the SDG:s, and political and personal stories about flying and climate change. This is the focus of three LUCSUS projects that recently…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-research-projects-lucsus-climate-change-flying-and-sanitation- 2020-11-17

By cecilia [dot] von_Arnold [at] lu [dot] se (cecilia von Arnold) - published 11 December 2018 LUCUS today, 11th December, presents a new travel policy for staff and associated researchers. It sets out a number of commitments aimed to…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-presents-new-travel-policy-reduce-work-related-emissions- 2020-11-17

Published 11 December 2018 "No matter what happens in real time politics, some damage is already done”. Researcher Torsten Krause comments on the newly elected Brasilian president Jair Bolsonaro’s plans for deforestation and exploitation…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/torsten-krause-comments-exploitation-and-deforestation-brazilian-amazon- 2020-11-17

By Cecilia von Arnold - published 14 December 2018 Photo by Jesse Jones Many of us have noticed the increasing frequency of climate protests organised by Extinction Rebellion (XR) across Sweden. What do these protests represent? Is this…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/blog-post-what-can-we-learn-xr-movement- 2020-11-17

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] rektor [dot] lu [dot] se (cecilia von Arnold) - published 20 December 2018 The Lund University graduate school on Agenda 2030 is now open for applications. We welcome graduate school applicants from various…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-phd-positions-lund-university-agenda-2030-graduate-school- 2020-11-17

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] rektor [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - published 11 January 2019 Sara Gabrielsson and one of the health educators at the NGO Maji Safi during the film screening of the film "Break the Silence" or …

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/she-wants-break-silence-about-menstruation- 2020-11-17

LUCSUS' environmental work aims to create a working and learning environment in which environmental sustainability is prioritised. Environmental CommitteeSara BrogaardSara UllströmWilhelm Wanecek Wim Carton Henner Busch Michel ReckLUCSUS…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/about-lucsus/environmental-work- 2024-02-09

Published 21 January 2019 LUCSUS is starting a new capacity building programme to develop knowledge and leadership among leaders and decision makers from across Africa about the Agenda 2030. ‘Land is Life’ is a novel 2 MSEK pilot program…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-leads-new-capacity-building-programme-agenda-2030- 2020-11-17